Originally Posted by
SlickMachine
I just had a tarot card reading, and the cards said management has been, and is currently building a false case, both internally and in the media, stating that the pilot group is taking illegal work action, now, in retaliation to lack of negotiation progress. If there is not another sick call this entire summer, we will still be in court over these false accusations. Negotiations will go from a slow crawl to a total halt, and they will get another year and change with the cheapest labor contacts in their corner of the industry as we finger each other in court. They will soon have the numbers to prove it as they understaff the summer more severely than last year, on purpose or through incompetance-doesn't matter, only the spin afterward. Take the false accusations of last summer and multiply by an appropriate factor. Looking forward to Susan Carey's article on the subject.
Exactly right...except the case has already been built with said false information and is ready to file at a moments notice. I think your union leadership has failed you for not thinking about this 2 years ago..yet even with the UAL TRO staring them right in the face. Two years ago he (and Baron) were spending months and months of time and energy on what? Paybanding?
Even so, how hard is it to keep reminding your pilots of that possibility? Encourage them to keep proactive on delay codes..keep the company honest, as hard as it is to do. Provide them an avenue for collecting legitimate documentation(narratives/pictures) that goes right to your attorneys. "Your Honor, I'm not quite sure why the company is accusing us of a job action? In fact, we have evidence that the majority of their claims, which is the premise of their accusation, to be false in nature. Of course, we are not accusing them of deliberately (wink) falsifying this information."
Maybe Jay P thought that, for "whatever reason", this would never happen on his watch. Thought: If the company has been all relaxed with the crews about late departures and given them wide latitude for being late then I think you've been set up.
In any case, I hope it doesn't happen as it affects all pilot groups.